Elkaholic

Hey Guys, I have a question and cant find much on it. I have some bad scratches/scuffs on my truck. Many look like whats posted below. I dont know if this is a deep scratch and thats primer showing or what it is. My question is can these be buffed/waxed/worked out some how? Or do I need a paint job. Also I have hundreds of pin scrathes from the branches/trees on tight WA trails. I also have a few dents, 1 of which is going to need painted, but I can do soemthing else with that if I need to. And my poor attemt to wax my truck when I first got it proceeded to palce many many many swirl scratch looks on it as well.

If anyone knows if there is a way to get these out that would be great. Or is there a paint I can spray over to match the Original paint? Or is a full re-paint needed at a custom paint shop? Thanks a ton guys.


I borrowed this pic from Jdizzydub but the white is pretty much what I have all the way down the sides of my truck.

Nate08

That should buff right out!

Corey

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Time for the Portercable orbital repair.
A lot of that if not all might come out with it.

Whitey13

Church.

stormin94

Why do you call your self whitey? JK.....



Seriously, though. I'd consider skipping those trips through the automatic car wash if you like your paint. Get it buffed, and hand wash it from here on out. Also, quit getting scuff marks on it like that, it looks terrible.

Elkaholic

Ya I dont go thru auto carwashes, just use the power pressure sparayers on base. Anyways The scuffs are from like big branches just scraping down the side of my truck. (I didnt care back then but do now. Oh well we learn from our stupid mistakes) Im pretty sure they are just scuffs, maybe deeper scratches, I dont know.

So anyways Im gonna buff it. But now thats scaring me, cuz reading up on it, its possible to burn the paint and all. And I am NOT familiar with the whole detail thing. From what Ive read I need to buy a low abraisive polish, apply it to the truck, then use the random-orbital on it then once all done apply a coat of wax.

Sound right? Any reccomendations, on what to use, how to do it?

b.miller123

sounds like you need to do a 3.4 swap, oh wait...........






yeah, just buff it out I guess,

I am in the same boat as you about not knowing much about that stuff

Corey

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I use only Griots products which you can see on my detail page in my sig below.

You are not to far from Griots either, they are in Fife.

I would use the Porter Cable, Griots Machine Polish # 1 and work up to the finer polish like I use which is #3.

Also I power clay the whole rig first before applying either the polish or wax.

We also have a Griots member on the board here who can recommend some good tips to you.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f151...w-here-128086/

99SR5

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buff it. most of it will come out cant tell though but give it a shot

Whitey13

If you get a random-orbit buffer like the PC Corey recommended, it's nearly idiot proof in regards to burning your paint.

Corey

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I have some older MPEG vids of me claying and waxing the old rig.
Here is a newer on on YouTube, but I should have had someone shoot it, not me.
Hard to hold the camera, yak, and wax at the same time.

But you will get the idea, the PC is very easy to use, and you get good results, and you can not harm your paint with it.

[YOUTUBE]9o0WmxXG7TQ[/YOUTUBE]

Elkaholic

Corey,

Wow thats great. Thanks for the vid, may not be the best camera work but it showed the process just fine. Thank you.

Ok now Im not worried about that part. So its gonna be clay bar, polishing, waxing. Awesome. And reading through your website gave some good info too. Thanks. Also, after you apply the wax, you said you hand buff it. Does it leave like a wax residue on there you need to get off? And cant you get the bonnett that goes over the pad to do that as well? Or maybe a completley new pad with no added wax?

Now all I can hope for is that those are just scuffs in my truck and Not deep scratches Ill have to wait till I get back home to check them out. Regardless I think Im going to invest in a PC and do this all anyways because it can only make the truck look better.

Corey

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Thanks, yeah, I wish I had used a tripod for the digicam.

I have the wax removal bonnet, but never had luck with it.
Maybe Dustin can chime in if he sees this with tips on it.

The Best Of Show wax is the best stuff I have ever used.
My only complaint is it is a little hard to take off.
It is kind of wet, so it just takes a little more to get it off than a dry wax.
But the shine and protection it leaves is first class.

Yes, it is expensive to get into this at first, but it is a wise investment.
The only things I ever need to reorder from Griots is the wax, Speedshine (lube for the claybar), more clay, and red wax pads.

I wash the pads after I am done (by hand) but after a few times they can get grungy.
And you want the orange pads for putting on the polish.

Elkaholic

A wise investment indeed,

being only 20 yrs old I figured I have a lifetime of vehicles Im gonna wanna keep looking good, so a good chunk of change to get started isnt too bad.

Ok well I think thats the stuff I am going to go with probly. Do you have their address? Or at least tell me the street they are on? I was on their website but could not find a "store locator" type link. So I have no idea where that one in Fife would be.

Thanks for all the tips and help with that so far. I may have some more questions for you here in a few months when I get home and can actually do this.

Corey

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Driving Directions to our Corporate Offices and Store
Traveling South (from Seattle):
Traveling I-5 South (our location is at the West end of Fife)
Take Exit 136 (Port of Tacoma.)
At the stoplight, turn left onto Port of Tacoma Rd.
At the 3-way intersection, turn left onto 20th Street E.
Go a tenth of a mile passing a turn off to Industry Drive E. Griot's Garage is on the right in an industrial park (off-white with a tan stripe around the top.)
Traveling North (from Olympia/Portland):
Traveling I-5 North, drive through Tacoma (our location is at the North/East side of Tacoma, in Fife)
Take Exit 136A (20th Street E. / Port of Tacoma) and stay right heading to 20th Street E.
Merge onto Port of Tacoma Rd.
At the 3-way intersection, turn left onto 20th Street E.
Go a tenth of a mile passing a turn off to Industry Drive E. Griot's Garage is on the right in an industrial park (off-white with a tan stripe around the top.)



Found it on a contact page.
I have not been there in a few years, but it was not to hard to find.
Around 20 minutes or so from me.

Elkaholic

Wow dunno how I missed that, thats only like 10 minutes away nice. Thanks.

Corey

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You are welcome.

And the building is kind of camo'd as far as a name.
I did not even see a business sign the first time I drove there.
They may have up a better sign now.